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Retroactive   /rˌɛtroʊˈæktɪv/   Listen
Retroactive

adjective
1.
Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously.
2.
Affecting things past.  Synonyms: ex post facto, retro.  "An ex-post-facto law" , "Retro pay"





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"Retroactive" Quotes from Famous Books



... circumstances or conditions different from those existing at the time the order appealed from was made, shall not be suspended or impaired by reason of the pendency of such appeal; but no order of the commission, prescribing or altering such rates, charges, classifications, rules or regulations, shall be retroactive. ...
— Civil Government of Virginia • William F. Fox


Words linked to "Retroactive" :   psychological science, ex post facto, proactive, retro, retrospective, psychology


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